Algimantas Dailidė | |
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Born | Kaunas, Lithuania | 12 March 1921
Died | 2015 | (aged 93–94)
Buried | Spring Grove Cemetery in
Medina, Ohio, U.S. |
Service/ | Lithuanian Security Police |
Battles/wars | World War II |
Algimantas Mykolas Dailidė (12 March 1921 – 2015) was a Lithuanian Nazi collaborator who was an official of the Nazi-sponsored Lithuanian Security Police (Saugumas) during World War II. After the war, Dailidė sought refuge in the United States, saying he had been a " forester." While in the United States, Dailidė lived in both Florida and Cleveland, Ohio. [1] [2] He was a real estate agent until he retired to Gulfport, Florida. His citizenship was revoked in 1997, [3] and he fled to Germany in 2004. [1]
Dailidė was born in Kaunas in 1921. He joined the Saugumas in 1941 until he fled Lithuania to Germany as a refugee in 1944. He then went to the United States in 1950 as a non-quota immigrant under a DPA visa. [4] In 2006, a Lithuanian court convicted him of having arrested twelve Jews, including women and children, and two Poles who tried to flee from the Vilna Ghetto, and were subsequently executed. [5] Dailidė received a 5-year prison sentence, but it was not enforced "because he is very old and does not pose danger to society". [6] [7] In 2008, Haaretz reported that he lived in Kirchberg, Germany. [1] However, online databases verify that Dailidė died in 2015, and was buried at Spring Grove Cemetery in Medina, Ohio, United States, [8] [9] yet he was included in the list of Nazi war criminals facing possible prosecution in 2019. [2]
Algimantas Dailidė | |
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Born | Kaunas, Lithuania | 12 March 1921
Died | 2015 | (aged 93–94)
Buried | Spring Grove Cemetery in
Medina, Ohio, U.S. |
Service/ | Lithuanian Security Police |
Battles/wars | World War II |
Algimantas Mykolas Dailidė (12 March 1921 – 2015) was a Lithuanian Nazi collaborator who was an official of the Nazi-sponsored Lithuanian Security Police (Saugumas) during World War II. After the war, Dailidė sought refuge in the United States, saying he had been a " forester." While in the United States, Dailidė lived in both Florida and Cleveland, Ohio. [1] [2] He was a real estate agent until he retired to Gulfport, Florida. His citizenship was revoked in 1997, [3] and he fled to Germany in 2004. [1]
Dailidė was born in Kaunas in 1921. He joined the Saugumas in 1941 until he fled Lithuania to Germany as a refugee in 1944. He then went to the United States in 1950 as a non-quota immigrant under a DPA visa. [4] In 2006, a Lithuanian court convicted him of having arrested twelve Jews, including women and children, and two Poles who tried to flee from the Vilna Ghetto, and were subsequently executed. [5] Dailidė received a 5-year prison sentence, but it was not enforced "because he is very old and does not pose danger to society". [6] [7] In 2008, Haaretz reported that he lived in Kirchberg, Germany. [1] However, online databases verify that Dailidė died in 2015, and was buried at Spring Grove Cemetery in Medina, Ohio, United States, [8] [9] yet he was included in the list of Nazi war criminals facing possible prosecution in 2019. [2]